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Independence

Independence, known as the Queen City of the Trails, is a city in western just east of with a population of approximately 110,000.
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  • Type: City with 117,000 residents
  • Description: county seat of Jackson County, Missouri, United States
  • Also known as: “Bristol”, “Independence, Missouri”, and “Independence, MO”
  • Postal codes: 64050-64058

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple Lot and Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Park
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The is a parcel of land located in Independence, Missouri, which is an important site in the history of the Latter Day Saint movement as the first location dedicated to the construction of a temple.

Church
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The , usually referred to as the Remnant Church, is a denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. The prophet / president of the church is Terry W. Patience.

Church
The is a house of worship and office building located on the greater in Independence, Missouri. The is part of the headquarters complex of Community of Christ which also includes the Independence Temple.

Independence

Latitude
39.0925° or 39° 5′ 33″ north
Longitude
-94.4138° or 94° 24′ 50″ west
Population
117,000
Elevation
1,033 feet (315 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US IPM
Open location code
86F73HRP+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151407399
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4391812
Wiki­data ID
Q24603
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Independence” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إنديبندنس”
  • Armenian: “Ինդենպենդենս”
  • Armenian: “Ինդեփենդենս”
  • Azerbaijani: “İndependens”
  • Basque: “Independence”
  • Belarusian: “Індэпендэнс”
  • Bengali: “ইন্ডিপেন্ডেন্স, মিজুরি”
  • Bengali: “ইন্ডিপেন্ডেন্স”
  • Breton: “Independence”
  • Bulgarian: “Индипендънс”
  • Catalan: “Independence”
  • Cebuano: “Independence”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئیندیپێندێس، میزوری”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئیندیپێندێس”
  • Chechen: “Индепенденс”
  • Chinese: “独立城”
  • Chinese: “獨立城”
  • Cornish: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Cornish: “Independence”
  • Czech: “Independence”
  • Danish: “Independence”
  • Dutch: “Independence”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انديبندنس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اينديپيندانس”
  • Esperanto: “Independence”
  • Estonian: “Independence”
  • Finnish: “Independence”
  • French: “Independence”
  • German: “Independence”
  • Gilaki: “اينديپندنس (ميزؤري)”
  • Gilaki: “اينديپندنس”
  • Greek: “Ιντιπέντενς”
  • Gujarati: “ઈન્ડીપેન્ડેન્સ”
  • Haitian: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Haitian: “Independence”
  • Hebrew: “אינדפנדנס”
  • Hindi: “इंडिपेंडेंस”
  • Hungarian: “Independence”
  • Ido: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Ido: “Independence”
  • Indonesian: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Indonesian: “Independence”
  • Irish: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Irish: “Independence”
  • Italian: “Independence”
  • Japanese: “インディペンデンス”
  • Kannada: “ಇಂಡಿಪೆಂಡೆನ್ಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Индэпенденс”
  • Kirghiz: “Индэпенденс”
  • Korean: “인디펜던스”
  • Ladin: “Independence”
  • Latvian: “Independensa”
  • Lithuanian: “Independensas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Independence”
  • Malagasy: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Malagasy: “Independence”
  • Malay: “Independence”
  • Marathi: “इंडिपेंडंन्स”
  • Mazanderani: “ایندیپندنس (میزوری)”
  • Mazanderani: “ایندیپندنس”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Independence”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Independence i Missouri”
  • Norwegian: “Independence”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Independence”
  • Ossetian: “Индепенденс”
  • Persian: “ایندیپندنس، میزوری”
  • Persian: “ایندیپندنس”
  • Piemontese: “Independence”
  • Polish: “Independence”
  • Portuguese: “Independence”
  • Russian: “Индепенденс”
  • Scots: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Scots: “Independence”
  • Serbian: “Индепенденс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Independence”
  • Sinhala: “ඉන්ඩිපෙන්ඩන්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Independence”
  • Slovenian: “Independence”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایندیپندنس، میزوری”
  • Spanish: “Independence (Misuri)”
  • Spanish: “Independence”
  • Swahili: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Swahili: “Independence”
  • Swedish: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Swedish: “Independence”
  • Tagalog: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Tagalog: “Independence”
  • Tajik: “Индепенденс”
  • Tamil: “இண்டிபெண்டென்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Индепенденс”
  • Telugu: “ఇండిపెండెన్స్”
  • Thai: “อินดิเพนเดนซ์”
  • Turkish: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Turkish: “Independence”
  • Ukrainian: “Індепенденс”
  • Urdu: “انڈیپینڈینس، مسوری”
  • Urdu: “انڈیپینڈینس”
  • Uzbek: “Independence”
  • Venetian: “Independence”
  • Vietnamese: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Vietnamese: “Independence”
  • Volapük: “Independence”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Independence, Missouri”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Independence”
  • Welsh: “Independence, Missouri”
  • Welsh: “Independence”
  • Wu Chinese: “独立城（密苏里州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “独立城”

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